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AGSD K-12 Science Curriculum (Final) |
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Science - *Grade 7 Life Science |
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The learner will be able to
compare the impact of water type and the living things contained within them (other than the ocean).
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Supporting PA: Academic Standards, July 12, 2001, Grade 7, 3.5.7.D |
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The learner will be able to
talk about geological evidence that connects to the earth's past.
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Avongrove School District.,June 2002: Supporting PA: Academic Standards, July 12, 2001, Grade 7, 3.5.7.A |
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Instructional Resources |
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Holt, Chapter 8 page 174 [Textbook]. |
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The learner will be able to
understand the earth's history.
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Avongrove School District.,June 2002: Supporting PA: Academic Standards, July 12, 2001, Grade 7, 3.5.7.A |
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Instructional Resources |
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Holt, chapter 8 [Textbook]. |
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The learner will be able to
explain the role of the water cycle within a watershed.
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PA Standards, 2002(a), Grade 7, 4.1.7.A |
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Instructional Resources |
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Holt, chapter 19 , page 458 [Textbook]. |
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The learner will be able to
explain the water cycle.
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PA Standards, 2002, Grade 7, 4.1.7.A |
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Instructional Resources |
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Holt, page 458 [Textbook]. |
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The learner will be able to
explain the water cycle as it relates to a watershed.
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PA Standards, 2002(a), Grade 7, 4.1.7.A |
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The learner will be able to
explain the effects of water on the life of organisms in a watershed.
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PA Standards, 2002(a), Grade 7, 4.1.7.C |
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The learner will be able to
explain how water is necessary for all life.
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PA Standards, 2002, Grade 7, 4.1.7.C |
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Instructional Resources |
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Holt, page 40, 459 [Textbook]. |
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The learner will be able to
explain the impact of watersheds and wetlands in flood control, wildlife habitats and pollution abatement.
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PA Standards, 2002(a), Grade 7, 4.1.7.E |
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Instructional Resources |
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Holt, page 488-489 [Textbook]. |
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The learner will be able to
explain how plants and animals may be classified as natural resources.
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PA Standards, 2002(a), Grade 7, 4.2.7.A |
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The learner will be able to
explain how people use natural resources in their environment.
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PA Standards, 2002, Grade 7, 4.8.7.A |
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Instructional Resources |
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Holt, page 595-599 [Textbook]. |
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The learner will be able to
describe how natural resources are used for survival.
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PA Standards, 2002(a), Grade 7, 4.8.7.B |
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Instructional Resources |
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Holt, pages 444-445 [Textbook]. |
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The learner will be able to
describe what effect consumption and related generation of wastes have on the environment.
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PA Standards, 2002(a), Grade 7, 4.8.7.C |
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The learner will be able to
explain the importance of maintaining the natural resources at the local, state and national levels.
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PA Standards, 2002(a), Grade 7, 4.8.7.D |
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The learner will be able to
explain how human activities and natural events have affected ecosystems.
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PA Standards, 2002(a), Grade 7, 4.8.7.D |
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Instructional Resources |
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Holt, page440 [Textbook]. |
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The learner will be able to
explain how conservation practices have influences ecosystems.
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PA Standards, 2002(a), Grade 7, 4.8.7.D |
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The learner will be able to
explain that the cell is the fundamental structural and functional unit of all living things.
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PA: Academic Standards, July 12, 2001, Grade 7, 3.3.7.B |
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Instructional Resources |
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Holt, chapter2 [Textbook]. |
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The learner will be able to
explain cell cycles.
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PA: Academic Standards, July 12, 2001, Grade 7, 3.3.7.B |
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Instructional Resources |
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Holt, chapter3 [Textbook]. |
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The learner will be able to
differentiate among life cycles, reproductive cycles, and cell cycles.
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PA: Academic Standards, July 12, 2001, Grade 7, 3.3.7.B |
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The learner will be able to
recognize adaptations that allow the survival of organisms in their environment.
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PA: Academic Standards, July 12, 2001, Grade 7, 3.3.7.D |
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Instructional Resources |
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Holt, chapter7 [Textbook]. |
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The learner will be able to
explain reproductive cycles.
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PA: Academic Standards, July 12, 2001, Grade 7, 3.3.7.B |
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Instructional Resources |
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Holt, page 38 [Textbook]. |
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The learner will be able to
differentiate how various organisms reproduce.
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PA: Academic Standards, July 12, 2001, Grade 7, 3.3.7.C |
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The learner will be able to
recognize living plants and animals that resemble fossil forms.
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PA: Academic Standards, July 12, 2001, Grade 7, 3.5.7.A |
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Instructional Resources |
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Holt, chapter 8 [Textbook]. |
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The learner will be able to
explain the role that fossils play in researching the past.
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PA: Academic Standards, July 12, 2001, Grade 7, 3.3.7.D |
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Instructional Resources |
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Holt, chapter 8 [Textbook]. |
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The learner will be able to
recognize basic patterns of inheritance.
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PA: Academic Standards, July 12, 2001, Grade 7, 3.3.7.C |
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Instructional Resources |
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Holt, chapter 6 [Textbook]. |
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The learner will be able to
describe the life cycle of living things (animals).
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Supporting PA: Academic Standards, July 12, 2001, Grade 7, 3.3.7.B |
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The learner will be able to
recognize levels of organization including cells, tissues, organs, organ systems, and organisms.
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PA: Academic Standards, July 12, 2001, Grade 7, 3.3.7.B |
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Instructional Resources |
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Holt, chapter 3 [Textbook]. |
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The learner will be able to
explain the ways in which alterations in the environment may impact the survival of a species.
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PA: Academic Standards, July 12, 2001, Grade 7, 3.3.7.D |
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The learner will be able to
understand that members of the same species can possess variations which can be an advantage to survival.
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PA: Academic Standards, July 12, 2001, Grade 7, 3.3.7.D |
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The learner will be able to
describe the fundamental concepts of natural selection.
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PA: Academic Standards, July 12, 2001, Grade 7, 3.3.7.D |
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Instructional Resources |
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Holt, page 162 [Textbook]. |
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The learner will be able to
describe that extinction is a natural process.
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PA: Academic Standards, July 12, 2001, Grade 7, 3.3.7.D |
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Instructional Resources |
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Holt, pages 9,185,178,186,504,509 [Textbook]. |
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The learner will be able to
describe that cells have specific structures each with a specific function (animal cells).
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Supporting PA: Academic Standards, July 12, 2001, Grade 7, 3.3.7.B |
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Instructional Resources |
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Holt, chapter 3 [Textbook]. |
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The learner will be able to
explain the similarities and differences that characterize diverse living things.
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PA: Academic Standards, July 12, 2001, Grade 7, 3.3.7.A |
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Instructional Resources |
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Holt, page 40-41 [Textbook]. |
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The learner will be able to
explain how the structures of organisms help them to function in unique ways.
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PA: Academic Standards, July 12, 2001, Grade 7, 3.3.7.A |
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The learner will be able to
explain the way the structure and/or function of a living thing is impacted by disease.
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PA: Academic Standards, July 12, 2001, Grade 7, 3.3.7.B |
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Instructional Resources |
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Holt, chapter 27 [Textbook]. |
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The learner will be able to
describe that organisms have specific structures each with a specific function.
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PA: Academic Standards, July 12, 2001, Grade 7, 3.3.7.B |
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The learner will be able to
describe how changes in the environment influence the survival of organisms.
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PA: Academic Standards, July 12, 2001, Grade 7, 3.3.7.D |
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Instructional Resources |
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Holt, pages 44-445 [Textbook]. |
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The learner will be able to
understand that genetic instructions are included in cells that specify traits of an organism.
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PA: Academic Standards, July 12, 2001, Grade 7, 3.3.7.C |
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Instructional Resources |
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Holt, chapter 6 [Textbook]. |
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The learner will be able to
explain how selective breeding, natural selection, and genetic technologies can alter the genetic makeup of living things.
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PA: Academic Standards, July 12, 2001, Grade 7, 3.3.7.C |
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Instructional Resources |
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Holt, chapter6 [Textbook]. |
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The learner will be able to
account for the adaptations among living things that live in a specific environment.
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PA: Academic Standards, July 12, 2001, Grade 7, 3.3.7.A |
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Instructional Resources |
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Holt, page 166 [Textbook]. |
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The learner will be able to
identify that populations of organisms can increase rapidly.
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PA: Academic Standards, July 12, 2001, Grade 7, 3.3.7.D |
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Instructional Resources |
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Holt, page 444 [Textbook]. |
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The learner will be able to
describe how to use a dichotomous key to recognize plants and animals.
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PA: Academic Standards, July 12, 2001, Grade 7, 3.3.7.A |
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Instructional Resources |
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Holt, page 204 [Textbook]. |
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The learner will be able to
identify that mutations can alter a gene.
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PA: Academic Standards, July 12, 2001, Grade 7, 3.3.7.C |
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Instructional Resources |
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Holt, page 138-139 [Textbook]. |
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The learner will be able to
identify inherited traits of organisms.
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PA: Academic Standards, July 12, 2001, Grade 7, 3.3.7.C |
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Instructional Resources |
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Holt, chapter 6 [Textbook]. |
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The learner will be able to
describe inheritable traits.
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PA: Academic Standards, July 12, 2001, Grade 7, 3.3.7.C |
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Instructional Resources |
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Holt, chapter 6 [Textbook]. |
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The learner will be able to
explain how traits are inherited.
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PA: Academic Standards, July 12, 2001, Grade 7, 3.3.7.C |
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Instructional Resources |
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Holt, chapter 6 [Textbook]. |
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The learner will be able to
recognize the gene as the basic unit of inheritance.
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PA: Academic Standards, July 12, 2001, Grade 7, 3.3.7.C |
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Instructional Resources |
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Holt, page 132-133 [Textbook]. |
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The learner will be able to
categorize basic plant and animal production processes.
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PA: Academic Standards, July 12, 2001, Grade 7, 3.6.7.A |
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The learner will be able to
describe the function and structure of cell parts (animal cells).
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Avon Grove School District, June 2002 |
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Instructional Resources |
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Holt, chapter 3 [Textbook]. |
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The learner will be able to
explain the process of meiosis.
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Avon Grove School District, June 2002 |
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Instructional Resources |
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Holt, pages 116-117 [Textbook]. |
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The learner will be able to
explain the process of mitosis.
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Avon Grove School District, June 2002 |
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Instructional Resources |
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Holt, pages 94-95 [Textbook]. |
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The learner will be able to
outline what occurs in each phase in the processes of mitosis and meiosis.
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Avon Grove School District, June 2002 |
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The learner will be able to
explain how cells are organized into tissues, organs and systems.
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Avon Grove School District, June 2002 |
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The learner will be able to
sort cell groups into tissues, organs, or systems on the basis of observation and/or explanation.
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Avon Grove School District, June 2002 |
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The learner will be able to
classify members of the Chordata phylum by observing properties.
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Avon Grove School District, June 2002 |
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Instructional Resources |
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Holt, page 374-375 [Textbook]. |
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The learner will be able to
explain how genes work together to create the traits of a living thing.
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Avon Grove School District, June 2002 |
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The learner will be able to
explain the structure of chromosomes.
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Avon Grove School District, June 2002 |
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The learner will be able to
explain how genetic disorders are able to be inherited.
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Avon Grove School District, June 2002 |
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The learner will be able to
identify the life processes that occur within cells.
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Avon Grove School District |
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The learner will be able to
explain how the physical components of aquatic systems influence the organisms that live there in terms of size, shape and physical adaptations.
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PA Standards, 2002, Grade 7, 4.1.7.C |
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Instructional Resources |
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Holt, page 60 [Textbook]. |
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The learner will be able to
describe the life cycle of organisms that depend on water.
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PA Standards, 2002, Grade 7, 4.1.7.C |
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The learner will be able to
identify organisms that have aquatic stages of life and describe those stages.
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PA Standards, 2002(a), Grade 7, 4.1.7.C |
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Instructional Resources |
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Holt, page 60 [Textbook]. |
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The learner will be able to
compare the decomposition rates of different organic materials.
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PA Standards, 2002(a), Grade 7, 4.2.7.D |
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Instructional Resources |
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Holt, chapter 19 [Textbook]. |
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The learner will be able to
identify environmental health issues.
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PA Standards, 2002(a), Grade 7, 4.3.7.A |
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The learner will be able to
identify various examples of long term pollution and explain their effects on environmental health.
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PA Standards, 2002(a), Grade 7, 4.3.7.A |
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Instructional Resources |
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Holt, page 504 [Textbook]. |
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The learner will be able to
identify diseases that have been associated with poor environmental quality.
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PA Standards, 2002(a), Grade 7, 4.3.7.A |
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Instructional Resources |
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Holt, chapter 27 [Textbook]. |
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The learner will be able to
explain the concept of cycles.
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PA Standards, 2002(a), Grade 7, 4.6.7.B |
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Instructional Resources |
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Holt, page 486 [Textbook]. |
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The learner will be able to
identify and explain cycles within an ecosystem.
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PA Standards, 2002, Grade 7, 4.6.7.B |
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Instructional Resources |
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Holt, chapter 20 [Textbook]. |
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The learner will be able to
analyze the role of different cycles within an ecosystem.
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PA Standards, 2002(a), Grade 7, 4.6.7.B |
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Instructional Resources |
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Holt, chapter 20 [Textbook]. |
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The learner will be able to
identify the succession stages of a given ecosystem.
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PA Standards, 2002, Grade 7, 4.6.7.C |
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Instructional Resources |
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Holt, chapter 20 [Textbook]. |
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The learner will be able to
explain how specific organisms may change an ecosystem.
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PA Standards, 2002, Grade 7, 4.6.7.C |
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The learner will be able to
explain a change in an ecosystem that relates to humans.
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PA Standards, 2002, Grade 7, 4.6.7.C |
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Instructional Resources |
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Holt, chapter 20 [Textbook]. |
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The learner will be able to
describe diversity of plants and animals in ecosystems.
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PA Standards, 2002, Grade 7, 4.7.7.A |
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Instructional Resources |
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Holt, chapter 18 [Textbook]. |
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The learner will be able to
recognize that adaptations are developed over long periods of time and are passed on from one generation to the next.
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PA Standards, 2002, Grade 7, 4.7.7.A |
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Instructional Resources |
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Holt, page 446 [Textbook]. |
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The learner will be able to
explain how species of living organisms adapt to their environment.
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PA Standards, 2002, Grade 7, 4.7.7.B |
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The learner will be able to
explain the role of individual variations in natural selection.
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PA Standards, 2002, Grade 7, 4.7.7.B |
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The learner will be able to
explain how an adaptation is an inherited structure or behavior that helps an organism survive and reproduce.
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PA Standards, 2002, Grade 7, 4.7.7.B |
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The learner will be able to
describe how a particular trait may be selected over time and account for a species' adaptation.
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PA Standards, 2002, Grade 7, 4.7.7.B |
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The learner will be able to
compare and contrast animals and plants that have very specific survival requirements with those that have more general requirements for survival.
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PA Standards, 2002(a), Grade 7, 4.7.7.B |
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The learner will be able to
explain how living things respond to changes in their environment.
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PA Standards, 2002, Grade 7, 4.7.7.B |
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The learner will be able to
explain how one species may survive an environmental change while another may not.
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PA Standards, 2002, Grade 7, 4.7.7.B |
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The learner will be able to
explain natural or human actions in relation to the loss of species.
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PA Standards, 2002, Grade 7, 4.7.7.C |
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The learner will be able to
explain why one species may be more susceptible to becoming endangered than another species.
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PA Standards, 2002(a), Grade 7, 4.7.7.C |
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The learner will be able to
describe systems by outlining a system's relevant components and its purpose and/or designing a model that depicts its function.
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PA: Academic Standards, July 12, 2001, Grade 7, 3.1.7.B |
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The learner will be able to
describe the conversion of one form of energy to another using knowledge of each of the forms of energy.
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PA: Academic Standards, July 12, 2001, Grade 7, 3.4.7.B |
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The learner will be able to
describe the components of a basic system and their relationship to each other.
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PA: Academic Standards, July 12, 2001, Grade 7, 3.1.7.A |
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The learner will be able to
explain a system as a group of related components that function together to produce a desired result.
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PA: Academic Standards, July 12, 2001, Grade 7, 3.1.7.A |
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The learner will be able to
describe systems by outlining a system's relevant components and its purpose and/or designing a model that depicts its function.
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PA: Academic Standards, July 12, 2001, Grade 7, 3.1.7.B |
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The learner will be able to
evaluate materials for the appropriateness of their application.
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PA: Academic Standards, July 12, 2001, Grade 7, 3.7.7.A |
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The learner will be able to
describe the factors that were considered in the design of a specific object.
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PA: Academic Standards, July 12, 2001, Grade 7, 3.6.7.A |
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The learner will be able to
describe the components of a basic system and their relationship to each other.
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PA: Academic Standards, July 12, 2001, Grade 7, 3.1.7.A |
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The learner will be able to
recognize change as a variable that describes natural and physical systems.
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PA: Academic Standards, July 12, 2001, Grade 7, 3.1.7.E |
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The learner will be able to
describe the significance of order in a system.
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PA: Academic Standards, July 12, 2001, Grade 7, 3.1.7.A |
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The learner will be able to
explain the impact that altering one part of a system has on the entire system.
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PA: Academic Standards, July 12, 2001, Grade 7, 3.1.7.E |
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The learner will be able to
utilize system analysis to solve problems.
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PA: Academic Standards, July 12, 2001, Grade 7, 3.1.7.A |
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The learner will be able to
differentiate between system inputs, outputs, and processes.
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PA: Academic Standards, July 12, 2001, Grade 7, 3.1.7.A |
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The learner will be able to
differentiate between open and closed loop systems.
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PA: Academic Standards, July 12, 2001, Grade 7, 3.1.7.A |
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The learner will be able to
design controlled experiments, identify variables, and manipulate variables.
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PA: Academic Standards, July 12, 2001, Grade 7, 3.2.7.B |
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The learner will be able to
describe the results, present improvements, recognize and infer the effects of solutions.
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PA: Academic Standards, July 12, 2001, Grade 7, 3.2.7.D |
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The learner will be able to
communicate, utilize space/time relationships, operationally define, raise questions, make hypotheses, experiment, and test.
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PA: Academic Standards, July 12, 2001, Grade 7, 3.2.7.B |
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The learner will be able to
interpret data, formulate models, design models, and generate solutions.
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PA: Academic Standards, July 12, 2001, Grade 7, 3.2.7.B |
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The learner will be able to
describe how skepticism about an accepted scientific explanation led to a new comprehension.
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PA: Academic Standards, July 12, 2001, Grade 7, 3.2.7.A |
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The learner will be able to
design an exploration with limited variables to investigate a question.
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PA: Academic Standards, July 12, 2001, Grade 7, 3.2.7.C |
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The learner will be able to
answer "what if" questions based on inference, observation, experience, or prior knowledge.
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PA: Academic Standards, July 12, 2001, Grade 7, 3.2.7.A |
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The learner will be able to
formulate questions about objects, organisms, and/or events that can be answered through scientific exploration.
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PA: Academic Standards, July 12, 2001, Grade 7, 3.2.7.C |
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The learner will be able to
assess the importance of experimental data in answering the question.
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PA: Academic Standards, July 12, 2001, Grade 7, 3.2.7.C |
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The learner will be able to
assess the suitability of questions.
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PA: Academic Standards, July 12, 2001, Grade 7, 3.2.7.C |
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The learner will be able to
utilize suitable instruments and apparatus to study materials.
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PA: Academic Standards, July 12, 2001, Grade 7, 3.7.7.B |
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The learner will be able to
define various problems.
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PA: Academic Standards, July 12, 2001, Grade 7, 3.2.7.D |
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The learner will be able to
define all aspects of a problem, including necessary data, and questions that must be answered.
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PA: Academic Standards, July 12, 2001, Grade 7, 3.2.7.D |
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The learner will be able to
suggest the best solution to a problem.
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PA: Academic Standards, July 12, 2001, Grade 7, 3.2.7.D |
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The learner will be able to
implement a solution to a problem.
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PA: Academic Standards, July 12, 2001, Grade 7, 3.2.7.D |
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The learner will be able to
implement a plan of action for the best alternative solution.
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PA: Academic Standards, July 12, 2001, Grade 7, 3.2.7.D |
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The learner will be able to
recognize various types of models.
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PA: Academic Standards, July 12, 2001, Grade 7, 3.1.7.B |
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The learner will be able to
recognize the functions of various types of models.
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PA: Academic Standards, July 12, 2001, Grade 7, 3.1.7.B |
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The learner will be able to
explain various types of models and their functions.
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PA: Academic Standards, July 12, 2001, Grade 7, 3.1.7.B |
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The learner will be able to
explain the use of models as an application of scientific and technological concepts.
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PA: Academic Standards, July 12, 2001, Grade 7, 3.1.7.B |
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The learner will be able to
utilize models to predict specific results and observations.
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PA: Academic Standards, July 12, 2001, Grade 7, 3.1.7.B |
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The learner will be able to
recognize the uses of tools, materials, machines, people, information, money, energy, and time to meet the requirements for a specific design.
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PA: Academic Standards, July 12, 2001, Grade 7, 3.7.7.A |
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The learner will be able to
explain relationships by forming inferences and making predictions.
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PA: Academic Standards, July 12, 2001, Grade 7, 3.2.7.B |
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